Google Can Thank AI’s Rise for Mixed Search Remedies
Brian Albrecht, ICLE Chief Economist, was recently quoted in Law 360 article on Judge Mehta’s U.S. v. Google ruling, which examined mixed remedies, AI’s impact on competition and structural v. conduct remedies. Read the full article here.
Brian Albrecht, the chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics, a think tank that’s been critical of the DOJ case, agreed that the ruling “seems more forgiving of Google’s actions and more understanding of the competitive benefits of these arrangements.” But he pushed back on the idea that the data sharing mandates inparticular amount to a slap on the wrist. “Giving your competitors the thing that made you a company is a big deal,” Albrecht said, referring in particular to the mandated provision of Google’s “search index,” the massive trove of virtually the entire open internet.